The Water Castle Runs Dry
Switzerland has enshrined food security in its constitution since 2017. Yet arable land is limited and climate change is increasing production uncertainties.
Food Security Under Threat
Since 2017, food security has been anchored in the constitution. The prevailing drought shows how quickly production uncertainties can develop as a result of the climate crisis. Agricultural policy has failed to prepare the food and farming sector for the climate crisis.
In Valais and Ticino, water supplies and agricultural production are already under threat in March. Massimiliano Zappa, chief hydrologist at WSL, is urging authorities to introduce restrictions at an early stage.
Flexitarian for the Future
Already today, 63% of the Swiss population consciously eat fewer animal products. A sustainable food production system that safeguards biodiversity and soil fertility is urgently needed. More on climate change and environment and nature conservation.
| You can help all animals and our planet with compassion. Choose empathy on your plate and in your glass. Go vegan. |
More on the subject of recreational hunting: What the research says about this is shown by Hunting fact-checked: the state of research.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
